{"id":6564,"date":"2021-05-13T13:44:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T20:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=6564"},"modified":"2021-05-13T13:44:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T20:44:53","slug":"importance-of-major-water-delivery-system-maintenance-and-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/importance-of-major-water-delivery-system-maintenance-and-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Major Water Delivery System Maintenance and Upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Corey Enus, Senior Public Information Coordinator, Las Vegas Valley Water District<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Beneath the streets of Las Vegas is an elaborate network of water pipelines that keep water flowing to the Las Vegas Valley Water District\u2019s (LVVWD) nearly 400,000 residential and commercial customers. While portions of this network were built during the 1990s and\u00a0early\u00a02000s, a period of rapid growth for the community, the water infrastructure in other\u00a0areas\u00a0of the valley is\u00a0more than half a century old.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Despite the widely differing ages of water delivery components, the LVVWD has proven to be one of the nation\u2019s most reliable systems, with a pipeline break rate eight times lower than the national average and one of the country\u2019s best efficiency ratings. Ensuring that all portions of the LVVWD\u2019s water system remain reliable in the decades to come remains a top priority.<\/p>\r\n<p>The LVVWD is investing approximately $600 million\u00a0into the community\u2019s $1.7 billion water delivery system, the\u00a0majority\u00a0of which is dedicated to the renewal of existing infrastructure.\u00a0This includes replacing portions of the LVVWD\u2019s 6,800-linear-mile labyrinth of water transmission and distribution pipelines that connect individual customers to the municipal water supply.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Another area of focus is\u00a0maintaining\u00a0the valley\u2019s massive pumping stations, which can move up to 1.25 million gallons of water per minute into large reservoirs strategically positioned throughout the valley. Capitalizing upon the valley\u2019s topography, the water delivery system is largely\u00a0gravity-fed\u00a0from these reservoirs, reducing energy costs and allowing for uninterrupted water service even during power outages.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Finally, the LVVWD anticipates a need to expand the water distribution system\u00a0as the economy\u00a0grows\u00a0to ensure customer needs are met. While developers are responsible for the vast majority of costs associated with water infrastructure for new development,\u00a0the LVVWD is responsible to ensure a sufficient water supply is available to those developments. To achieve the same high level of reliability that existing customers enjoy, engineers identify and design reservoirs, pumping stations and other infrastructure necessary to meet projected needs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corey Enus, Senior Public Information Coordinator, Las Vegas Valley Water District Beneath the streets of Las Vegas is an elaborate network of water pipelines that keep water flowing to the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}